Configuring The Master Switch; General Steps For The Master Switch - Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Installation Manual

Chapter 13: Building the Stack with Copper or SFP Gigabit Ports

Configuring the Master Switch

General Steps for
the Master
Switch
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This section contains the procedures for configuring x930 Switches to be
the master switch of a stack. The procedures designate the Gigabit ports
of the trunk and add the member switches as provisioned switches to the
configuration of the master switch.
Note
Any x930 Switch can be the master switch of the stack.
Here are the procedures:
"General Steps for the Master Switch," next
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"Configuring the Master Switch - Part I" on page 171
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"Configuring the Master Switch - Part II" on page 173
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"Verifying the Master Switch" on page 174
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"What to Do Next" on page 176
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The procedures should be performed in the order presented here.
Note
The procedures require reseting the switch. Some network traffic will
be lost if its ports are connected to active networks.
Allied Telesis recommends filling out the "Stack Worksheet" on page 78
before building the stack.
There are two parts to configuring the master switch for a stack trunk of
Gigabit ports. Here are the main steps to Part I:
1. Start a local management session on the switch.
2. Designate Gigabit front panel ports to be trunk ports with the STACK
ENABLE FRONT-PANEL-PORTS command in the Global
Configuration mode. You have to perform this command before
designating the actual Gigabit ports of the trunk.
3. Designate up to eight Gigabit ports to be the stack trunk with the
STACKPORT command in the port interface modes.
4. Assign the master switch the priority 1 with the STACK PRIORITY
command in the Global Configuration mode to designate it as master
switch of the stack. This step is optional.